# Gmail mute not working

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/gmail-mute-not-working/21000>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [10. Oktober 2014 um 03:51 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gmail-mute-not-working/21000 "2014-10-10T03:51:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![seanmonstar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/seanmonstar/32/122123_2.png) [@seanmonstar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanmonstar)\
**Post date:** [20. Dezember 2014 um 05:09 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gmail-mute-not-working/21000/9 "2014-12-20T05:09:47Z")

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The way Github makes this work is by including the user’s email in the Cc instead of To.

Other mailing lists seem to use an alias instead, so the To address doesn’t look like it’s to you specifically.

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